BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Brown was found guilty of second-degree murder and torture in the death of Shidane Arone.Brown was sentenced to five years in prison and was dismissed with disgrace from the Canadian army. The sentence was 15 to 25 years less than what was sought by the prosecution. He received five years, however, and served a third of his time.
Brown was at the site for a mission called Operation Deliverance. This project was an example of United Nations humanitarian efforts in Somalia. The Canadian soldiers were praised "as heroes when they went into an untamed land ruled by rebels." Operation Deliverance was supposed to restore order in Somalia. But the Canadian Airborne regiment lacked both leadership and accountability, and murder after murder, the troops came home disgraced. Tracks were covered and responsibility shifted up and down the chain of command during an investigation that would dismantle the army and implicate the government in a high-level cover-up. http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/peacekeeping/topics/723/
ARGUMENTS:
He is guilty of War Crimes.
1. Even if Brown had not actually participated in the beating and killing and that it was mostly Matchee who had done the physical abuse, he is still guilty of doing nothing. Kyle Brown had been guarding Arone with Matchee. He was someone who could have easily stopped the torturing of Arone.
It is stated that Arone's screams could be heard throughout and no one did anything to stop it.
3. Brown and the other members were on a mission to restore order, but they end up causing more trouble. They were supposed to be putting in humanitarian effort and beating "the shit out of him" (as in Shidane Arone) is showing crime against humanity. Crime against humanity involves mistreating POWs, civilians, soldiers, etc.
4. Even if Kyle Brown was under the influence of mefloquine, he still committed these atrocious act and therefore still deserve punishment. It is also stated that Matchee had been drinking. Kyle Brown could easily have been drinking also and if he wasn't, he should have stopped Matchee from bingeing.
5. In his defense, Kyle Brown states that he took the pictures to document what the others had been doing when no one listened to his pleads to stop Matchee. However, Matchee is practically posing in his picture and it cannot be denied that he also took a picture with the prisoner.
6. Even if the patrol had found Arone hiding in a portable toilet, Brown and Matchee had no right at all to mistreat Arone. They had already put him in a cell-like place. By mistreating him and, in the end, murdering Arone, the two men had committed war crimes.
Brown was found guilty of second-degree murder and torture in the death of Shidane Arone.Brown was sentenced to five years in prison and was dismissed with disgrace from the Canadian army. The sentence was 15 to 25 years less than what was sought by the prosecution. He received five years, however, and served a third of his time.
Brown was at the site for a mission called Operation Deliverance. This project was an example of United Nations humanitarian efforts in Somalia. The Canadian soldiers were praised "as heroes when they went into an untamed land ruled by rebels." Operation Deliverance was supposed to restore order in Somalia. But the Canadian Airborne regiment lacked both leadership and accountability, and murder after murder, the troops came home disgraced. Tracks were covered and responsibility shifted up and down the chain of command during an investigation that would dismantle the army and implicate the government in a high-level cover-up.
http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/peacekeeping/topics/723/
ARGUMENTS:
He is guilty of War Crimes.
1. Even if Brown had not actually participated in the beating and killing and that it was mostly Matchee who had done the physical abuse, he is still guilty of doing nothing. Kyle Brown had been guarding Arone with Matchee. He was someone who could have easily stopped the torturing of Arone.
It is stated that Arone's screams could be heard throughout and no one did anything to stop it.
2. It cannot be denied that Brown took part in the beating of Arone because he has even taken "trophy pictures." The photos were also taken by Brown's camera. There is also the testimony of Sean Glass who after seeing the victim, went behind the bunker to get sick, and there is a videotape of the involved members.
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/waymac/Sociology/A%20Term%202/Obedience%20Power%20and%20Control/somalia_affair.htm
3. Brown and the other members were on a mission to restore order, but they end up causing more trouble. They were supposed to be putting in humanitarian effort and beating "the shit out of him" (as in Shidane Arone) is showing crime against humanity. Crime against humanity involves mistreating POWs, civilians, soldiers, etc.
4. Even if Kyle Brown was under the influence of mefloquine, he still committed these atrocious act and therefore still deserve punishment. It is also stated that Matchee had been drinking. Kyle Brown could easily have been drinking also and if he wasn't, he should have stopped Matchee from bingeing.
5. In his defense, Kyle Brown states that he took the pictures to document what the others had been doing when no one listened to his pleads to stop Matchee. However, Matchee is practically posing in his picture and it cannot be denied that he also took a picture with the prisoner.
6. Even if the patrol had found Arone hiding in a portable toilet, Brown and Matchee had no right at all to mistreat Arone. They had already put him in a cell-like place. By mistreating him and, in the end, murdering Arone, the two men had committed war crimes.